Begich to lead climate change tour

ANCHORAGE - U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is planning to bring some senators to Alaska in August for a climate change tour.

The Alaska Democrat is organizing the trip with California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, chair of the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

The tentative schedule includes visits to eroding villages in western Alaska, the Kenai Peninsula and its forests damaged by spruce bark beetles and receding glaciers.